First off I would like to say thank you for the oppurtunity to voice my opinion on this matter. As a resident of the state and as a Fire Official for a locality, i strongly encourage you to adopt only the 17 proposed code changes to the SFPC that were posted to the Virginia Register on February 20th 2017 and approved by the board in October of 2017. I fully support the recommendations of The Virginia Fire Prevention Association and im asking you to do the same.

Respectfully,

Mike Perdue

Fire Marshal

Salem Fire-EMS Department